Perfect Achievement: 16 College of Arts & Letters Graduates Receive Board of Trustees Awards

Sixteen College of Arts & Letters students who are graduating in Spring 2026 have earned the Board of Trustees Award for having maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during their undergraduate education. These students are among the 315 graduating from MSU in Spring 2026 with a 4.0 GPA, the highest scholastic average one can attain at the end of their undergraduate career at Michigan State University.

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MSU Professor and Alum Earn International Outstanding Publication Award for Second Language Acquisition Research

A research article co-authored by a Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters faculty member and an alum has received the 2025 Albert Valdman Award for Outstanding Publication in…

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Faculty and Students Engage in Cross-Cultural Teaching and Learning Through COIL Program

Four College of Arts & Letters faculty members are part of the third cohort of the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Faculty Fellows Program-Africa, pairing them with faculty from an…

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MSU-Led Initiative Strengthens and Expands Access to Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Language Education Across North America

After nearly a decade of transformative language revitalization work, Michigan State University’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) in the College of Arts & Letters has completed a landmark initiative…

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German Studies Doctoral Student Reflects on Teaching and Learning at MSU

Temilade Adegoke, a doctoral student in German Studies and Graduate Teaching Assistant, came to Michigan State University in Fall 2022 to pursue an M.A. in German through the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures. She previously earned a B.A. in German Studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her master’s thesis examined Germany’s colonial violence in German Southwest Africa – present day Namibia.

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